The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-09-21
PROCEEDINGS OF RARIDES PAR
ISL EXECUTIVE COM.
MITTEES.

vie uoIutOH OO'itiittce Delng uel0 al
the Office of Judge j. II. Thornton, the
following correspondence was had and
settlement made. The Thornton Com
mittee through committee composed
of Messrs. Seip, Bolton and Pearce,
submitted to the Swami Committee
the following proposition
MEMORANDUM.
1. The two committees to unite in a
call for Convention.
g. The Convention when assembled
and organized to select delegates to
the State Convention and to appoint a
new Parish Executive Committee.
8. Both these objects to be specified
in the call, and due publication to be
made of the time and place, so as to
give ample notice in all parts of the
Parish.
d. The basis of representation of the
wards shall be one delegate for every
twenty-five votes or ten or over, cast
at either the last Presidential or State
election.
5. The time of holding the Parish
Convention shall be fixed as soon as
the State Central Committee shall
have made the call for the State Con-
vention by the chairman of the two
committees giving all the time and
notice possible.
6. The ward meetings to select del
egates shall be held at II o'clock, a.
m, on the Saturday before the meet.
ing of the Parish Convention.
7. When the Convention assembled
it shall be called to order by
on behalf Of both committees, bat the
authority of said -- shall ex-
tend no further than to preside until
the Convention shall have selected its
temporary chairman.
s. In case more than one name is
put in nomination for temporary chair.
man the list of the delegates from the
wards from which there are no contest.
ing delegations, shall be called by the
Secretary by wards, and the person
receiving the majority of the votes o.
the uncontestcd delegates shall be the
temporary president of the Convention
and he shall immediately take charge
of the Convention and the said -
shall thereupon retire from the Presi
dents stand.
9. In case the chairman of either
committee is selected to call the Con
ventinn to order, the Secretary of ths
other committee shall act as temporary
Secretary, until the Convention shall
have chosen its own temporary Secre
tary, when the two shall retire.
10. Both committees to hand in thei
resignation to the Convention when il
is organized through their respective
chairman, and before adjourning, thu
Convention shall appoint an Execu
tive Committee, which shall serve i'm
til the beginning of the State cam
paign of 1891.
IL. This shall lie final settlement
of all matters now in controversy he
tween the two Parish Executive Com
mittces.
| ~. 1t is understood that this agree
ment is reached in the interest of har
mony in the Democratic ranks in thi
Parish, and to prevent the placing o
two local tickets before the people
and the sending of contesting delega
tons from this Parish to the Stat
Convention-and that neither commit
tee is to he considered as having yield
ed anything to the other, the conceS
: sions herein provided for being con
sidcred as equivalents.
After consideration the Swami com
= mittee, through Messrs. Luckett, Tan
ner and Hunter, made the followin
reply:
TO the members of the Thornton con
mittee:
, Gentlemen-We have considered til
writing submitted to us by yourselves
and considsr that it is no prepositio
, at all, as it does not meet Il single il
sue aud settles nothing IN reply t
, it we desire to say that we are in SCI
J sion for the purpose of creating hal
nony in the Democratic ranks, if W
can do so without sacrifice of primo
, pie. Now, in order to put an end
the division within the Democrat
ranks We make you the following pre-
positions:
LIST. That Mr.. Swami join NJ
, Thornton in call for convention
elect delegates t, the Baton Roug
J convention. That tho convention /
called to order by either or both chat
mans That said convention shall al
5 point new Executive committee
r he composed of two members fro
each ward, one to he named from eac
ward by the Swami faction and OF
by the Thornton faction. 1t is unde
stood that this is made to avoid fntul
t trouble between the Democrats in th'
| convention and to make final settl
ment of the troubles between thes
committees. 1t is also understood th'
6 if this is not done that this committe
is not bound by the fact that NJ
/, Swami joined in the call for the col
s vention, and that the status Of ii
I committees shall remain as of to-da,
Or-That there shall he a commi
tee of two from each ward, one fro
: each ward TO be selected bv the Swan